"Kim is here! Kim is here!” That was what I was screaming the other night when I saw my sister for the first time in months. When she walked through the door, I sprinted over to her to give her the greatest hug yet. With us both going to college in opposite directions, it always feels like an eternity until the next time I see her.Kim and I show more friendship towards each other more than any other sisters I know. We don’t fight or argue over the stupidest things like typical siblings. We are best friends because we are sisters. Our beliefs are the same, we share similar qualities, and our parents have raised us in the same way. Though we are best friends now, that is not how it has always been.
When we were younger, my parents fought with us because we never talked to one another. However, I silently followed in her footsteps, looking up to her every step of the way. It has been that way since before I can remember. When we both went in elementary school is when it really showed. Each morning we would get ready for school together and walk up to the doors of Indian Hollow Elementary School. Since she was in second grade and I was in the morning kindergarten class, I got to leave before lunch time with mom, while she had to stay. I never wanted to leave her behind, believing that we would leave her for the rest of the day, forgetting that we would return in a few hours to pick her up. Kim was an excellent student, and I had to work up to that level, no matter what. My parents tried not to compare us, believing that we were our own person, but it is hard when you already have a smart child in second grade. When our report cards would come, I would be the one trying to hide it from my parents, while Kim glowed with honor.
When Kim left for middle school, I realized that I could never be on her level. It made me understand that I needed to create a new person, me. The only way I would be able to achieve this goal was to think outside the box. I worked as hard I could in all of my studies and then I started making new friends and creating my own habits that would help shape me into an individual.
Despite the fact that Kim and I grew up in different directions as the years went on, I still will always thank her for being my idol as a child and for the rest of my life. Our sisterly bond has grown radically stronger each time we help each other get over an obstacle in life. She has made my life better throughout the last eighteen years. Without her, I would not be where I am today.
When we were younger, my parents fought with us because we never talked to one another. However, I silently followed in her footsteps, looking up to her every step of the way. It has been that way since before I can remember. When we both went in elementary school is when it really showed. Each morning we would get ready for school together and walk up to the doors of Indian Hollow Elementary School. Since she was in second grade and I was in the morning kindergarten class, I got to leave before lunch time with mom, while she had to stay. I never wanted to leave her behind, believing that we would leave her for the rest of the day, forgetting that we would return in a few hours to pick her up. Kim was an excellent student, and I had to work up to that level, no matter what. My parents tried not to compare us, believing that we were our own person, but it is hard when you already have a smart child in second grade. When our report cards would come, I would be the one trying to hide it from my parents, while Kim glowed with honor.
When Kim left for middle school, I realized that I could never be on her level. It made me understand that I needed to create a new person, me. The only way I would be able to achieve this goal was to think outside the box. I worked as hard I could in all of my studies and then I started making new friends and creating my own habits that would help shape me into an individual.
Despite the fact that Kim and I grew up in different directions as the years went on, I still will always thank her for being my idol as a child and for the rest of my life. Our sisterly bond has grown radically stronger each time we help each other get over an obstacle in life. She has made my life better throughout the last eighteen years. Without her, I would not be where I am today.
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